Creeping up

There is little love lost between the private equity and hedge fund communities. That’s understandable given the incursion of buccaneering hedge funds into the traditional domain of the leveraged buyout houses. They are increasingly fighting among themselves for bust assets, thereby reducing potential returns, and over talent, which increases their costs. So why are private equity firms remaining silent in the debate over regulation of hedge funds? While some private equity notables, like Henry...